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Review

I Saw the TV Glow review – an instant queer classic

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I think of film as a medium that is going to disappear eventually’

by Esmé Holden

The film­mak­er reflects on her sopho­more fea­ture film, I Saw the TV Glow, in which two teenage out­siders find com­fort in a mys­te­ri­ous tele­vi­sion series.
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Review

Io Capitano review – disassociation turned surreal fantasy

by Katherine McLaughlin

Two Sene­galese teenagers embark on a per­ilous jour­ney to Europe in Mat­teo Gar­rone’s affect­ing dra­ma about the migrant crisis.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Festivals

I Saw the TV Glow – first-look review

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Saw X | The Creator + Gareth Edwards| San Sebastián Report | Saw (2004)

On Truth & Movies this week, we embrace the unhinged life lessons taught in Saw X and debate the A.I. future depict­ed in Gareth Edward’s spec­tac­u­lar action sci-fi The Cre­ator. Plus, host Leila Latif spoke to the direc­tor about his lat­est. Lit­tle White Lies Edi­tor David Jenk­ins gives us a fes­ti­val report on the most excit­ing titles at San Sebas­t­ian, and for film club, our thirst for Jig­saw could not be sat­ed, and we returned to the orig­i­nal Saw.
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Review

Saw X review – America’s most blood-thirsty civil engineer is back

by Hannah Strong

Tobin Bell returns as the twist­ed killer Jig­saw in this back-to-basics sequel, which sees him exact revenge on a group of med­ical scam­mers prey­ing on the ter­mi­nal­ly ill.

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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Exploring Ousmane Sembène’s activist cinema at 100

by Henry Roberts

A new BFI sea­son high­lights the incred­i­ble cin­e­mat­ic lega­cy of Sene­galese film­mak­er Ous­mane Sem­bène, who saw film as a tool to bring pow­er to the people.
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Review

John Wick: Chapter 4

by Kambole Campbell

Keanu Reeves returns as the inter­na­tion­al assas­sin known as ​‘Baba Yaga’, fac­ing new ene­mies as he bat­tles his way to redemption.

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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Elegance Bratton: ‘Growing up, I never saw any Black queer heroes in movies’

by Josh Slater-Williams

The direc­tor of The Inspec­tion reflects on the expe­ri­ence of trans­lat­ing his time as a clos­et­ed marine into an affect­ing drama.
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European Film Awards

Triangle of Sadness wins big at the European Film Awards

by Hannah Strong

Host­ed in Reyk­javík, the 35th edi­tion of the Euro­pean Film Awards saw top hon­ours for Ruben Östlund’s satir­i­cal drama.